The 2013 awards are the 13th Freedom of Expression Awards.
The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony, which will take
place on Thursday 21 March at the Inner Temple, London. More details are
available here.

The Index Freedom of Expression Awards recognise journalists,
bloggers, digital activists, campaigners and artists around the world
who, directly or indirectly, are fighting against censorship. These are
the people on the frontline who often experience violence, threats and
imprisonment for exercising their right to free speech.

CEO Kirsty Hughes said:

'All of this year's nominees have shown great courage in speaking
out, and fighting censorship and injustice often in very challenging
conditions. Many of them come from established or emerging democracies,
reflecting the disturbing fact that censorship is not just the preserve
of authoritarian states, and that freedom of expression is an issue that
affects us all, wherever we live.'

The full shortlist is below and you can click here for more information about each of the nominees.

Index on Censorship is an international London-based
organization, promoting free speech. With the campaign Index hopes to
raise awareness of the threats to free speech seen around the world
today, and gives word to journalists, writers, artists and activists
whose freedoms have been violated. For several years the organization
has been up to Belarusian matters, especially the freedom of expression
in the country.